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Topic: Re: Need DNS to point use external NS for singe website
Hello K. Welch,
Have alook here:
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/30216615/internal-domain-name-same.aspx
Should be your solution
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
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> Thank you for your thoughts.
>
> However, unless I'm missing something, this does not resolve my
> problem. External DNS servers are already set, but they are used only
> if the primary (internal) DNS server, which is the Domain Controller
> itself, does not find the requested data. In this case, it does find
> the requested data, the domain mydomain.com has an A resource record
> pointing to the Domain Contoller's IP address. But that isn't where
> the web page www.mydomain.com is. It's on an external server (meaning
> elsewhere on the Internet).
>
> What I would like to figure out is if there is a way to get the local
> DNS server to forward the query for www.mydomain.com to external DNS
> servers while pointing all other requests for mydomain.com to itself.
>
> Thanks,
>
> K.
>
> "Meinolf Weber" wrote:
>
>> Hello K. Welch,
>>
>> Ope the DNS management console, open the server properties and go to
>> the forwarders tab. Here you can set the external DNS servers. If the
>> field is greyed out just delete the "." zone unde rForward lookup
>> zones, close the concsole and reopen it. Then you can set them.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
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>>> Here's the Scenario:
>>> The local Windows 2000 Domain Server DNS points to itself (as do its
>>> clients) as the default nameserver for its domain mydomain.com. I
>>> need
>>> for
>>> this to continue. However, the business has an external web server
>>> that has a
>>> non-dedicated IP address (in other words, the IP address for the web
>>> server
>>> changes from time to time). I need to configure the local Windows
>>> 2000
>>> Server
>>> DNS to use external name servers for this single web site
>>> (www.mydomain.com)
>>> and using the external nameserver(s) information to find the
>>> externally
>>> hosted web server.
>>> I've tried various configurations, but haven't gotten it yet. Any
>>> ideas?
>>> I appreciate your input.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
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